good morning. i'm rebecca jarvis. >> i'm anthony mason. here are a few of the stories we'll be looking at on cbs "this morning saturday." already a huge and deadly storm, sandy takes aim at the east coast, reaching as far inland as ohio and west virginia. with three major weather systems merging, meteorologists say sandy is starting to look moree 1991's legendary perfect storm. ten days and counting until election day and the polls say the presidential contest couldn't be any closer. >> and nba teams check. jay-z, check. streisand check. hbo show check.

why so cool brooklyn new york has dumped the shark. all that and much more on cbs "this morning," saturday, october 27, 2012. and welcome to the weekend. >> welcome to the weekend. we want to begin with that story what is being described as a super storm headed up the east coast, hurricane sandy was downgraded to a tropical storm this morning, but it remains sandy is expected to soon combine with two other major storm systems and then increase in strength. right now it's 350 miles off of charleston, south carolina. sandy ripped across the caribbean causing heavy damage in jamaica, haiti and cuba before moving over the bahamas. at least 40 people 40 people are dead in its wake. no one can be certain how powerful it will become but the signs are ominous to say the

least. let's get the latest from mark strassman who is in virginia beach, virginia. good morning to you, mark. >> reporter: good morning. we have seen winds pick up overnight, no rain yet but you can see around me wind have picked up. local forecasters say within the next 24 hours the winds will pick up more significantly and this area will get up to six inches of rain. for the most part many places farther north of here are going to get it much worse. its nickname frankenstorm has proved it's a monster. sandy lashed the bahamas, a category 1 hurricane with pounding rains and 75 mile-per-hour winds that swept across the island chain. i want caused widespread power outages and killed one man. authorities said he was the ceo of a british bank. since wednesday the killer storm already has taken more than 40 lives across the caribbean. haiti took the worst of sandy so far. 115 mile-per-hour winds flooded rivers and collapsed homes.

at least 26 people were killed. sandy was cuban's deadliest storm in seven years. it's fury killed seven people and destroyed homes on the eastern end of the island. along the u.s. east coast millions of people are scrambling to protect what they own. in chesapeake bay, coal freighters and other big ships were moved to safe harbor in waters behind the beaches. >> the protection is much better there than here. we're wide-open for a nor'easter. >> reporter: in chesapeake virginia this warehouse of emergency supplies belongs to operation blessing international. they are packing roofing supplies to heaters to mobile kitchen for a move anywhere up the coast where sandy could leave behind ruin. >> we're planning for power outages, winter storm, operation blessing will be with hot meals. we have construction trailers full of tools to help residents

to clean up their homes after they are flooded. >> reporter: that same charity is already working in haiti. they were helping the earthquake, now they are helping the hurricane needy. so many people up and down the east coast, they are trying to stay ahead of this massive storm, preparing for the worst. anthony. >> mark strassman in virginia beach, virginia. thank you, mark. just how worried should east coast residents be about this storm? an obvious concernthat sandy could slam into the most densely-populated region of the country. let's get more on that from chip reid in ocean city maryland. >> reporter: good morning. you know yesterday was just a beautiful day at the beach here but this morning the wind and the surf are really starting to pick up and this is just a very small hint of what's to come. on the ocean city boardwalk some business owners are already boarding up and heading out of town. >> i'm pretty worried. i would say it's definitely a nine.

>> we're concerned about the flooding. >> reporter: the ocean city mayor hasn't ordered an evacuation but wants everybody to be ready. >> bet prepared. go through their checklist. >> reporter: sandy is expected to hit the most densely-populated area in the u.s. 65 million people about one in five americans could potentially lie in the storm's path. last year hurricane irene caused loss of power, this time even more could be left in the dark. >> when you're facing 50 60 miles per hour with all the leaves on the trees and a soaking rain we'll see trees come over and branches come down. >> reporter: up and down the eastern seaboard 20,000 utility workers are standing by to turn the power back on. five refineries along the threatened east coast that produce 7% of the nation's gasoline are expected to suspend operations as early as sunday. that could put upward pressure on the of gas.

presidential campaign. parts of three battleground states north carolina virginia and ohio are directly in sand chip's path. now vice president biden already had to cancel an event that was scheduled for this morning and mitt romney cancelled one for tomorrow. both campaigns are worried about the effect of this storm on early voting. >> thank you, chip. to get a handle on the strength of sandy and the path it's taking we turn to david bernard, chief meteorologist in our miami station wsor. also a cbs news hurricane consultant. david good morning. >> good morning, rebecca. let's take a look at what we have on sandy. the headline overnight if you want to call it that is that it weakened a little bit so it went from a hurricane to a tropical storm. with 70 mile-per-hour winds. i'll show you in a minute i don't think that's going to be real important. right now it's 350 miles southeast of charleston south

carolina, the forecast does reintensify this to a category 1 hurricane by sunday night and early monday morning and then as we go during the day monday that's when we're expecting that landfall somewhere along the mid-atlantic or northeastern shore line maybe as far north as long island or as far south as portions of the delmarva. >> david, as chip reid just laid out one in five americans are looking like they are in this storm's path. when do we expect it to strengthen again? >> let's take a look at this map. that's why i'm saying it's not that important it weakened to a tropical storm at this point. this is the wind field, that yellow area is 40 miles per hour greater. orange is 60 miles per hour greater. that's a massive storm and we put this wind field into motion. notice the tropical storm force winds spreading today and tonight over the outer banks of north carolina and then as we go during the day sunday into monday, we're expecting all of new england, all of the mid-atlantic states to at least have tropical storm force winds

and then areas where you see the orange that could be 60 miles per hour greater and we call that our significant wind impact area, the greatest chances where we could have power outages and downed trees, something that chip was referring to in his last piece which will be an element of this storm that i coming up in the next hour we'll talk about the other problem and that's coastal flooding. >> david, the fact that the storm has been downgraded to a tropical storm doesn't minimize the threat in any way. threat at all because of the sheer size of this storm. it's pushing an enormous amount of water. overall the energy is expanding in a way just by the sheer nature and size of the tropical storm. and besides when that cold front reaches it something called a process will take over and that's why the hurricane center thinks it will pick up intensity. it's minutia and we're looking at a major storm sunday night into monday and tuesday. >> david bernard in miami. we look forward to checking in with you later in the program.

now to politics and the stretch to election day just ten days to go. judging by the polls the race couldn't be any tighter. we begin our coverage with nancy cordes. she's at the white house. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, rebecca. well both sides right now are cherry picking the polls they like. they are pushing their stats in the early voting states where they are doing well. it's about projecting confidence and momentum and not showing any sign of weakness and of course both sides are predicting gloom and doom if their opponent is elected as governor romney did again last night in ohio. >> these are tough times for middle income americans and his answer is forward. it feels more like backward to a lot of american families i'll tell you that. >> reporter: earlier in the day iowa romney argued president obama didn't deserve a second term. >> president obama didn't repair our economy. he did not save medicare and social security.

he did not tame the spending and borrowing. he did not reach across the aisle to bring us together. >> reporter: the speech was build as a major economic address but president obama canned it in an interviews with an nbc affiliate in des moines. >> governor romney like every challenger will suggest he has better ideas. the problem and you probably heard in the speech today there's no bear there. >> reporter: in a bid to turn out young voters mr. obama did a live interview with mtv on friday. >> the most vibrant musical art form right now over the last ten, 15 years has been hip-hop. >> reporter: he was asked about student loans, climate change and same sex marriage. >> i have a track record of not just talking the talk on this but also walking the walk ending don't-ask, don't-tell and i'm going to keep on pushing as hard as i can but, you know, what's really going to change this is the young people their attitudes, i think will reflect

the future. >> reporter: "the washington post" is reporting this morning that the white house is considering proposing another tax cut for working americans next year would amount to a few hundred dollars or more. it would replace the payroll tax cut that americans have been enjoying the past few years and anthony i don't think anyone is surprised that a tax cut is being floated just a week and a half out before the election. >> no, don't think so. nancy cordes at the white house. thanks. one element that could wind up having a bigger impact on this presidential race than any before is early voting. ten days before election day more than 10 million votes have already been cast. plus the prospect of bad weather on the east coast adds another wrinkle to the vital question of voter turnout. let's talk about what all of that could mean for both candidates with john dickerson. he's in our washington bureau. good morning john. >> good morning. >> chip reid mentioned just a little while ago north carolina virginia ohio all in the

direct path of this storm. how do you think it will affect early voting and both candidates in these last days before the election? >> well it's already affected the schedules of the candidates. and you know when a candidate comes to town it's not just they come and give their message and people cheer. i want initiates a whole string of activity with getting people to come to the event and those people turned into volunteers in some states ohio i was just in ohio last week people were going from the rally to go vote. if the candidate doesn't visit all of that activity doesn't happen. so where the candidate is and events that are being postponed or cancelled in virginia and there aren't too many in north carolina but in virginia particularly and later in ohio that would be a problem for the campaign. >> john, might this tip the scales in favor of one candidate over the other? >> well it's hard to say. it depends on how severe the storm is. you could make the case that it has potential to hurt democrats more and here's why. democrats have had traditionally

a tougher time turning out their voters. you'll note in the polls there's a difference between registered voters the president does better with them than likely voters mitt romney does a little bit better with them. leaving aside the question of the polls and the debate over the polls what that shows us is the traditional fact that democrats tend to be lower propensity voters. the more days you have to get those democrats out if you're the president's team the better. so if you take away a few days because of bad weather, that could hurt the democrats. >> john both campaigns have made a big deal about early voting. the president himself went back to chicago to vote early. are you saying then that early voting is more critical to the democrats? >> it is. because the democrats have lots more voters in a lot of places but over time it's been hard in history it's been harder for them to turn their voters out. for one reason or another they don't get to the polls. early voting is great for democrats because it means you're not trying to motivate

people for one specific day you're motivating them over a three week period which means you can grab them get them to vote and what they are trying to do in this early period is get low propensity voters. if you can get those voters who sometimes vote sometimes don't then you know your die-hards will turn out so you want to grow the size of your vote by getting those folks who aren't the die-hard voters who vote in every possible election. >> early voting begins today in florida, john. how much might we see the candidates chip resources after they see the initial who is coming in who is casting their ballots early? >> these campaigns are looking at specific voting places. i was talking to republicans in ohio, there are 88 different voting places in ohio and they were watching the ones in the areas where the president had visited last week to see if there was an uptick in early voting activity because if there was an uptick then they would change their plan and resources.

so what they are monitoring this day-by-day. as they see the results come in they will make decisions where to put the candidate in the state, whether to bring the candidate to state at all and,000 change the messaging. if you fine that a lot of your voters are turning out you can maybe change the message to appeal to swing voters who are more up for grabs than your democrats or low propensity democrats who would be appealed to. if you're going for swing voters they require more of a middle of the road than a left or right message. >> john dickerson, thanks john. it is one of the most shocking crimes to hit new york city in years. two young children murdered and found by their mother on thursday. the alleged killer their trusted nanny. elaine quijano has the latest on this heartbreaking story. >> reporter: police have been unable to interview the nanny suspected of stabbing to death

6-year-old lucia and her 2-year-old brother leo. the nanny, 50-year-old yoselyn ortega is in police custody at the hospital where she's in critical condition. officials believe she slashed her throat and wrist and a law enforcement source said she swallowed some pills. it's not clear what they were or how many she took. new york police commissioner ray kelly says so far investigators have found no history of violence in ortega's background. >> she has been employed by the family for approximately two years. she was referred to them by another family. >> reporter: it was thursday afternoon when the children's mother marina krim arrived at her apartment with her 3-year-old daughter. krim was looking for her two other children and the nanny. moments later a neighbor heard inconsolable cries. >> unbelievable blood curdling screams. no words.

just crying from the bottom of the gut. horrible screams. >> reporter: officials say it was krim who found her children stabbed in the bathtub. nearby was ortega. >> nanny began to stab herself as the woman entered the room or entered the bathroom. we initially thought that it had already been done but now information is coming out that she did it as the mother entered the bathroom. >> reporter: the children's father kevin krim an executive at cnbc was notified as he returned from a business trip. outside the apartment building strangers paid their respects. one card read so unbearable so unfair. for cbs "this morning" saturday elaine quijano, new york. and here with the latest on the investigation into these tragic killings is cbs "this morning" senior correspondent john miller. he's a former fbi deputy director. good morning.

the obvious question also in something like this is why. they've been looking into the background of the nanny, apparently she was in some distress, yeah? >> so the why is a tough one here. in the hospital she's got a tube down her throat and she's been in an induced coma there. they are unable to interview her. they've been to the krim family and gone through that with them to the extent that they are able to cope with those questions, and nothing obvious is jumping out. when they've been to the nanny's family they said she was under increased stress. she was going through -- she wasn't herself. she was going through some mental emotional issues and she was seeking help. so yesterday they were going through her phone books, business cards, things in her room on riverside drive trying to figure out where was she getting that help can they find a doctor clinic somebody that can get those answers as to why from them or at least what was going on in the back gound of her life.

>> the krim family hired her about two years ago and did pretty extensive background checks. >> and they got her the best way you can get a nanny which is on a recommendation from a family they knew who had already had her as a nanny and that's the best background check you can use, which is who else have they work for, do we know and trust those people's judgment. but i sent this case down to mary ellen o'tool one of the foremost fbi profilers, author of the book "dangerous instincts." i said there's not enough data for a formal profile but from what you see what observations can you make and what she said was the caveat this is again just based on what's available and past cases she probably didn't just snap. it was something boiling under the surface in her life boiling up. it usually is something that has to do with mental health issues but then there are other things stressors that click in. financial issues.

physical health issues. family issues. feelings of failure. she may have been planning this for weeks or just a number of days. and waiting for the opportunity to be at home alone and with the opportunity. but that still doesn't get to the why. she also said if you look at the familial side cases where parents kill their children and themselves it usually has a deeper religious background and some belief they will go to an after life together but, again, these are theories based on past cases. we really won't get a window into this until they figure out who she was seeing or get to talk to her. >> john miller thank you. opposition activists say syrian forces bombarded rebel held positions in syrian cities this morning despite a four day cease-fire. violence in syria on friday left more than 100 people dead. it was the first day guns were supposed to fall silent. the cease-fire was negotiated by international mediators to mark a muslim holy day. the head of al qaeda is

calling on muslims to kidnap westerners. latest message from ayman al zawahiri has been posted on islamist websites. he's urging follow towers join the rebel lone against the syrian government and to help impose sharia law in egypt. he said his message was delayed due to the fierce war under way in afghanistan and pakistan. harry reid is back in his nevada home after he was treated and released from a las vegas hospital. he suffered minor injuries in a car accident in las vegas on friday. four of the vehicles in the accident were part of reid's motorcade. >> it's about 21 minutes after the hour. we want to go to lonnie quinn for our nation's check of the weather. >> we're looking at the entire country right now. the big story is sandy and that's one of the four elements on this map. again, that's the big story. we've also got this story, that's number one. this is number two. number two is a cold front that's just letting down the

northeastern portion of the united states because right now in the ohio valley it's not going much further. if it was doing what we thought it would do initially keep moving east push that storm out to sea that won't happen. clear air in the mid-section of the country, beautiful skies, chilly. snow anywhere from washington into say idaho up to three to five inches. here's a closer look at your weather for the weekend. just a quick note. that snow out west is higher elevations. big story is sandy. coming up retirement, if you're not worried about your savings we will show you why you should be.

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meteorologists say sandy, the big storm heading up the east coast could be one for thirst books like katrina or andrew. >> one in five americans are expected to be impacted. might it be the nor'easter of 1991 the so-called perfect storm memorialized in books and films. we'll take a look at that when we come back right here on cbs

♪ there is a great message for a class of fourth graders here in new york city. vote for somebody. welcome back to cbs "this morning saturday" i'm rebecca jarvis. >> of all the versions i've heard of that song that's my favorite. i'm anthony mason. >> vote for somebody. just vote for somebody. now i want to turn to our top story this half hour the threat of the enormous storm sandy heading up the east coast. forecasters say when it collides with two other systems it could rival the infamous perfect storm of 1991 the storm that inspired both a book and a hit movie.

>> you can be a meteorologist all your life and never see something like this. it would be a disaster of epic proportions. it would be the perfect storm. >> and we can only hope sandy won't get that big especially near land. joining us now is a meteorologist who has been a storm chaser for 15 years. great to have you with us in studio. good morning. so you've been doing this for a long time. what makes this storm so different from others? >> well i've never chase ad storm like this and as a meteorologist i haven't seen much like this since 1991 was the last perfect storm where it absorbed hurricane grace. it's unique because you have a cold system that trough of low pressure coming in and this warm core system and what it's doing is creating a nor'easter on steroids. people are used to nor'easter but it's a nor'easter but everything ramped up and even snow on the back side.

alpha sets of extreme weather. >> we were talking about this earlier, every computer model is saying the same thing at this point in. >> when the computer models tart coming to agreement the confidence of the forecast increases. what's happening sue have what we call a negatively tilted trough and that slows everything down but take the hurricane and wrap it into the system. so you have basically a high pressure that's trapping it and it will stay in the northeast for a while and dump lots of rain seven to ten inches in spots, 70 to 80 mile-per-hour winds. just because it's been down grapded to a tropical storm doesn't mean we should let our guard down. as it transitions into this hybrid the wind field expands and more storm surge. it reintensify as it hits landfall as it transitions. >> that's an important point david bernard made earlier. when people compare this to the 1991 perfect storm what are they essentially saying? >> there are some differences and some comparisons.

overall basically you had a trough of low pressure in 1991 that absorbed hurricane grace. so it was the same kind of thing this nor'easter on steroids you can call it. this is a morrow bust tropical system. it can be stronger and the wind fields are greater. in 1991, took a slightly different path. it went up to the canadian maritime and came in from the northeast. in this case this case is taking a due west which is worst case scenario for this area because you can have easterly winds. the tropical storm force winds are 500 miles from the center and those easterly winds are piling the water up and creating a storm surge and then you have the trough of low pressure which is enhancing all the rainfall and snow on the back side. there could well be over a foot of snow. >> you've been inside a lot of storms but not one this big? >> in terms of size, we chased

hurricane katrina in new orleans. this won't be another hurricane katrina but a different type of storm. you'll have more widespread impacts of 70 to 80 mile-per-hour winds. a lot of power outages. a lot of coastal erosion. basically from wherever it makes landfall. it's forecast to make landfall from new jersey. anywhere from there northeast you'll have a lot of coastal erosion and rainfall in the higher elevations flash flooding can be a big problem like hurricane katrina. this is become this hybrid so you have alpha sets of extreme weather. >> thanks so much for being with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> here's lonnie with another check of the weather across the nation. >> i do want to start off, just touch upon what reid was saying. look at the path of this storm. how it comes in with a westerly component. that puts all that water into the new york place. nowhere to go. lawful will be somewhere around let's say atlantic city and it would be late monday night going

into tuesday morning but that's the skinny red line. everybody i've worked with said don't pay attention to the red line pay attention to the cone of concern from virginia up to cape cod could be anywhere within there and our degree of certainty here is pretty darn high around 90% it will fall within that cone. the other story a cold front right here with cold air behind it. we'll have temperatures dropping down to the 20s and 30s for places like texas which this year texas you've been known for your heat and drought you'll now get frost in the overnight hours. that's a quick look at the national picture. here's a closer look at the weather for your weekend. all right. be smart be safe this weekend. anthony over to you.

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♪ in a survey this week fromearch four in ten adults worry they don't have enough money for retirement. that's the highest percent since the great version. how can you jump start your retirement savings? joining us is a financial contributor to "good housekeeping" magazine. good morning. you got to start early like in your 20s. >> you need to start very early. >> what should you be doing in your 20s. nine your 20s you have something that no one else has and it's the most powerful thing.

time. so let's say you're in your 20s, making 40 grand, putting away 10%, your salary goes up a little bit by 65 but if you wait five years and you start saving in your 30s you'll be out a quarter of a million dollars. if you wait until 35 you'll be out half a million dollars. time is on your side in your 20s. in your 30s, you know, you're making some adjustments. you have family. things are tight. no more than putting 4% in a 401(k). you need to up that 10% or more. >> what if people can't meet their goals along the way. they are in their 40s and 50s and they are way behind. >> you have ageing parents, kids going to college. make sure you focus on your retirement and not at the expense of your retirement don't focus on college because that's a big, big mistake pfr your kids have a lot more time than you to the make up and pay for those loans. keep focusing on your retirety. if you need to play catch up.

you have control twofr things. number one your lifestyle. you can down size? and, two can you work in retirement. i'm not saying that oh, no i have network in retirement you can do something you love and something that's important. you don't have to replicate your salary but do something you love that will make your retirement and the odds of being able to afford it a lot better. >> is how much a person saves as important as to how they invest the money? >> how they invest is just as important as to how much you save. think of think it way. a lot of folks are scared about the market very shaky, some are putting everything in treasuries. if you're earning 1%. you'll have about 49,000 which is below inflation. but if you put some a little bit of risk in there over 20 years make just 5% you'll have $108,000. almost triple what you have. so it's all about risk and reward. what your willing to risk. if you have a 401(k) or employer based plan you have a right to

ask the administrator to sit with you and go through all of the options that you have so you understand what you're doing and there's other schools. there's a roth ira, traditional ira. educate yourself safe and put a little bit of risk in there. >> get the match from the employer. >> if you have that match you're looking over a million. just saying. >> wow. >> great stuff. >> do it. >> start early. thanks so much for being here this morning. coming up next the talk of the internet. >> today we only explored about 3% of what's out in the ocean. we found the world's highest mountains, deepest valleys, underwater lakes and waterfalls. and in a place where we thought no life at all we fine more life we think and diversity and density than the tropical rain forest which tells us we don't know much about this planet at all. >> informing ted talk. a billion people think so.

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♪ they areed is devoted that ideas are worth expressing. in november ted talk videos are expected to reach 1 billion views online. let's take a look. >> what ted celebrates is the gift of the human imagination. >> we follow those who lead not because we have to but because we want to. we follow those who lead not for them but for ourselves. >> human beings have this marvellous adaptation that they can have experiences in their heads before they try them out in real life. >> let me give you a quick tutoral on how these robots work.

>> joining us now is chris anderson the curator of the ted conference. good morning. what is your objective with ted? >> we want to find amazing people who are doing work that is unique in the world. and who have the ability to explain it. those two things. find those people we want to capture their ideas on film and then share it free to the world. >> we saw a few clips from some of the things that are online and you're getting an amazing response. what particular idea have you found most inspiring in all the things you've seen. >> there's so many. i love the talk most where you watch them and you literally feel your brain being rewired. you feel like i'm now going to think of the world in a different way than i ever have before. there was a talk by professor

barry schwartz on the parraadox of choice. he shows too much choice can actually make you stressed or miserable. and ever since watching that i thought about choice deliberately. sometimes trying to strip the amount of choice i give myself. >> education has become a huge topic of conversation that came up in the presidential debate we just surpassed $1 trillion of student loans in this country more than credit card debt. do you see the role of education changing and do you think that more might be coming out on the internet and something like ted could be a model for people to learn for free in the future? >> absolutely. first of all, the simple talk that's done most of ted is done by a man of ken robinson how schools have limited people's creativity. the talk is funny and it's touched people and inspired people and now being seen six years after he leased it by

10,000 people every day. that's far more than the audience who originally saw it. so there's that. but what it shows is that we're in a really special time now in the world where never before has it been true that anyone anywhere in the world can get eye ball to eye ball access to the world' best teachers. that's never been true before. it's actually there's real hope for the future because there's a chance that the kids in the willing a who never had access before to information but they have a phone, that they have a chance of realizing their human potential, what that means, who knows. it's actually very classic. >> this started with a current. the conference was $6,000. you moved it online and it exploded. was that part of the plan or was that a happy accident? >> both.

i first went to ted in '90. it was a conference of technology and design. three big areas but very different subject matter ever brought. but something amazing was happening there. people were describing their best week the year and they were ending the four days really inspired. just excited about the world of possibilities. and as a media guy, media entrepreneur i thought this is amazing. and over the next -- they would buy the conference put it in a not for conference foundation and how do you let that magazine wrik out how do you give people other than the 800 people who attended that conference that experience? we couldn't figure out how to do it for several years. we offered it to tv companies. it seemed to be bad television.

>> we should say fewer than 18 minutes. this is sort of bite size version of the talk. how do you determine who will be a part of the talk and what particular topic would you like to see addressed next at ted? >> well we're actually interested in covering anything the working theory is all of knowledge is connected and finding speakers who are willing to be passionate willing to be vulnerable willing to explain in understandable what is the story that takes the audience on a journey. that's part of the magic that's needed to make that idea do the leap. and when it does the leap boy ideas can be powerful because they not only change with that person whose got it they also persuade that person to view the forecast of the idea towards their friends. so ideas spread like that.

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of cash-strapped young people have used coupons to wine and dine prospective partners and 1% of those surveyed said they walked out on a date who did it. i'm okay with it. >> it would be suspicious to me. bank robber gets money he stole because no one wants it. who says crime doesn't pay. britain's daily mail reports on a former bank manner in austria who robbed his own bank back in 1993 and went to prison for it. recently he got part of the loot back more than $80,000 because neither the bank nor the insurance company that covered the loss cared about it any more. >> i don't see in this day and age how no one could care about that kind of money. >> apparently they got the money back from some other source. coming up next we'll have the latest on sandy the storm heading up the east coast. for some of you your local news is next.

♪ that's one of my favorite songs of all time. welcome to cbs "this morning saturday." i'm anthony mason. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. >> coming up this half hour an evening with marilyn. sounds like a fantasy but we'll meet a guy who had one and he has the photos to prove it. >> the changing face of infidelity. women are now catching up. we'll take a look why. >> from that creepy old house at the end. street to the scariest halloween spots in the country we'll give you a tour of haunted america. our top story, sandy, potential super storm that's headed up the east coast. let's get the latest from david bernard, chief meteorologist at our miami station. also a cbs news consultant.

what's the worst element of the storm, wind or rain? >> little bit of everything. we have some breaking news here. the new advisory came in. sandy weakened to a tropical storm temporarily and as i suspected it is back now to hurricane sandy. they reincreased the wind to 75 miles per hour. it has been a dramatic drop in pressure and that's going to be key to watch. this pressure will trop quite a bit more in the next 24 hours and it is possible that sandy is going to get stronger again we're anticipating the storm sunday night early monday morning to be just east of the outer banks and then a landfall anywhere from the delmarva to long island that's where the greatest impacts from the storm it looks like are is going to be at this time. >> david, what areas do you think are likely to get hit the worst in this at this point? i know it looks like it's headed for new jersey. how deep in could it go? >> it could go well inland and again not too important focus on where the center of the storm makes landfall due to the sheer size of this.

in fact storm surge risk is extreme. the risk for flooding here may be some of the greatest flooding that people have seen in their local areas maybe in their lifetime. a lot of those because of angle of approach. the storm will make landfall from east to west. quite unusual and very large and pushing a lot of water with it. on top it we have a full moon coming up on monday and there could be multiple tide cycles with this storm surge event meaning we may have to go through more than one possibly two high tides during the course of it. overall effect looks like this. major coastal flooding. power outages could be worse than what we saw with irene. heavy snows from western pence, mountains of west virginia as far south as north carolina. it looks like sandy will have a lot more to offer than what we would typically see with a hurricane. this coastal flood threat is going to be extreme and we've been trying to express to

everybody if your local emergency management people are telling you to evacuate don't use your past experience with recent storms to make a decision. listen to what they have to say. >> david bernard in miami thanks. the massive storm sand chip that's taking aim at the eastern united states as you just heard upgraded to hurricane status. no doubt cause big problems for nationwide air travel. to make it easier on passengers a number of airlines are waiving fees for those who want to reskeed their flights. most of these waivers are between monday and wednesday. passengers who intend to fly are advised to check with their airline before heading to the airport. >> more trouble for lance armstrong this morning. a dallas-based promotion firm that paid the cyclist $12 million in prize money wants $7 million awarded for the 2004 tour deframpbs returned. the demand comes after the governing body for cycling stripped armstrong of all seven of his tour titles and called for return of prize money he

earned from the event. >> with the election just ten days away naturally most of the attention is focused on the very tight campaign for the white house but control of the senate is also up for grabs in some key races that will determine control are just as close as the presidential race. joining us with five of them is reed wilson editor and chief of national hotline and a polling expert. thanks for being with us. massachusetts, clearly a big one that people are watching. the republican scott brown going up against the democratic elizabeth warren. it looked like it might be tight but now it looks like the democrat has pulled awade. >> there's 53 democrats in the senate 47 republicans. republicans need to net four seats. they need to pick up a net of four seats to guarantee control of the senate. in massachusetts, though their problems start to mount. senator scott brown took over for ted kennedy after a special election in january of republicans are getting

pessimistic on scott brown's chance. the most recent polls we show elizabeth warren leading by a significant margin. >> in indiana this was richard lieu gear's seat but thought richard mourdock had the edge then he made the remark about rape this past week that got a lot of attention. how does it took for him? >> another problem on the republican path to 51. some republican candidates shot themselves in the foot. recently we've seen some real dynamic activity in the indiana senate race. democrats just released a poll that showed them up seven. republicans released an internal survey that showed them tied. if you're tied in a republican state and bragging about it the mourdock campaign is in real trouble.baldwin.

tommy and tammy nice way to confuse people. tommy thompson hasn't been in office since 2000 when he left to being health and human services secretary for george w. bush. he ran a weak campaign. republicans had a lot of success in wisconsin but it's a new generation. i'm watching really closely to see whether or not this means wisconsin is becoming a serious swing state not just in this year's presidential and senate but ring. congressman rick berg was elected in 2010 but elected after democrats spent $2.5 million in north dakota very small state to define him. his unfavorable ratings very high and the woman he's running against the former attorney general is very popular throughout the state. >> the poll numbers show her behind. >> they do. one recent poll shows her down

ten points 50-40. i i'm not sure i believe that. they think this race is closer although rick berg is ahead. a rare democrat in a republican state ahead. >> senator in jon tester running for re-election. most polls show a very tight race with the congressman. this is a race that's been essentially tied since he got in the race. montana only has one congressional seat. same number of people vote for him as tester in 2006. here's the clash of the titans. this is a race that republicans absolutely must have if they are going recapture the majority on november 6th. >> reed wilson thanks for being with us. it's about eight minutes after the hour. time to head over to lonnie quinn for another check of the

weather. >> good morning. we have that extraordinary storm out there and extra hurricane season. this is hurricane sandy. keep in mind we already had tony out there. only two names left. then we go back to the greek alphabet only done once before. we have a cold front that's stalled in the ohio valley. we also have a low pressure system up here. around the pacific northwest. and take a look at this. we're going see some snow for halloween. it will be about three to five inches anywhere from washington into montana. wyoming you'll pick up a little bit. higher elevations 5,000 to 6,000 feet. snow nonetheless. here's a closer look at your weather for the weekend.

>> this national weather report sponsored by sponsorsed by nicodermcq. ten weeks and you're free. >> guys look what sandy does west virginia, portions of the state pick up ten to 14 inches of snow. anthony over to you. >> it's been 50 years since she died at the age of 36 but marilyn monroe's shimmering star power does not diminish. this young staff photographer for "look" magazine in 1961 when he got an assignment, a shoot with marilyn. now he's turned that sizzling shoot and his memories of the night into a book "with marilyn, an evening 1961." douglas kirkland is here to tell us about it. >> good morning. >> douglas, you've shot just about every celebrity out there. here it is all these years later and we're still asking about

marilyn. what is that all about? >> every one is more interested about marilyn than any others. i've photographed a long list of people through my career. i was at "look" and then later at "life." marilyn monday reseems to hold people's attention more than anyone. >> take us back to 1961. you go to her beverly hills home the night before the shoot and what transpires? >> it was a rainy evening and i was brought in with two of my colleague prsfrom the magazine and it was a very small place. and you wouldn't imagine where a superstar lived. like a delux hotel room. >> how did she behave? >> she was wonderful. she was not like the marilyn i expected.

she was easy and even light and almost playful. and very disarming for me. >> whose idea was to it take pictures like this? >> it was marilyn's. what i had in mind and hoped for as a young photographer the office get something sizzling but i was almost embarrassed to say that. and we talked about different things marilyn myself and my two colleagues from the magazine. and she said at the end i know what we need. we need a bed and white silk sheets, white silk sheets. >> she told everybody else to leave the room. >> that's once we got shooting. let me just finish. and that evening she said as we were preparing i want white silk sheets frank sinatra records and dom perignon champagne.

four days later we were there and marilyn was a couple of hours late. which she was famous for. >> was she flirtatious? >> hard to put that in -- she was more than flirtatious. marilyn turn this way, that way. she was in the bed, i was looking down on her from up above and marilyn made these pictures. i had everything technically right and i had -- i went click, click like that. it was marilyn monroe who created these images. >> beautiful photographs. >> what you see here. and she was very seductive. >> i believe it. it looks like it. douglas kirkland thank you. appreciate it. >> enjoyed doing this project and our book is out. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. >> up next time and love.

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of women cheat too. joining us now is the author of "why him why her how to find and keep lasting love." helen fisher thank you for joining us. why is this happening >> a lot of studies are out showing this we're closing the gender gap in terms of the double standard here. i work with match.com the internet dating site and we've done our own stew divisive singles in america and indeed we're finding the same thing that women are becoming just as adulterous as men. >> do women cheat for different reasons? >> women are more likely to cheat if they are in an unhappy marriage. women are more likely to be looking for intimacy and some sort of kind of emotional connection to their unfaithful partner than men are. a very curious statistic i found is that 56% of men who are

adulterous say they are in a very happy marriage and something like 34% of women say they are in a happy marriage. >> the person on the other side -- >> that's fascinating even though in a happy marriage they tend to be adulterous. i've begun to think there's some genetics. we know some genetics for infidelity. >> there's research that women are looking at a way to get out of the marriage through infidelity. >> yeah. a lot of reasons why people are adulterous. some want to patch up the marriage. some want to disrupt the marriage. some want more sex or have more excitement or have you know somebody to admire them. >> why are we seeing an increase? is it something people are more honest now or is it on the rise? >> that's a wonderful question. it could be both. first of all, you know one of

the biggest trends in our modern world is women piling into the job market in cultures around the world. in every place where women are economically powerful they express their sexuality. as we move forward to a double income family we'll see an evening of the sexuality of both men and women. >> what do you say to that's arguments this is something that's genetic, you could be predisposed to cheating. >> there is data on that. we now know genes in three different systems. it makes you more susceptible to cheating to infidelity. however we also know there are genes for suessceptibleusceptibleilty to alcoholism. some of this new genetic

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♪ it's that time of year time for ghost stories and haunted houses and if you enjoy being scared, that feeling in your stomach that run for your life sensation our travel editor peter greenberg has the cream of the screams. >> the cream of the screams. nice intro. >> don't write this stuff. let's start with this look at haunted attractions with your number one pick which is universal studios halloween horror night in l.a. >> they've done this 30 years. this year perhaps you're familiar with the show "walking

dead." it's all about zombies. the tour is creepy. they have a zombie tram. you're walking through this town with nothing but living dead. i have to warn you for parents it's gory for the kids. over 12 please. >> maybe over 15. >> yeah. they to it very well. >> eastern state penitentiary scary year round but they kick it up a notch. >> this is called terror behind the walls. this is a prison. they do some pretty interesting cells in the punishment rooms and if you have extra room for $1,000 you can tour by yourself and bring three friends. >> that's the scariest things you can do. >> it's flashlight tour. >> you pick some cities. what's so scary about new orleans, louisiana. >> you had to ask? no one does voodoo like they do. new orleans has always been

haunted. it's the pal city for paranormal folks. of course let's not forget that new orleans cemeteries are numero uno. cemetery number one check it out. >> charleston, south carolina surprised me. >> also cemeteries in south carolina. again charleston haunted. they have great tours. they have a spooky dungeon tour. old city jail. everything you want to do in charleston, beautiful city but halloween get ready. >> also some hotels that go bump in the night. stanley hotel in colorado? >> because of steven king and "the shining." that hotel is open all year round. the rooms you have to watch out for. there's two rooms. room 401 and room 217. 217 is interesting because that's where stephen king stayed. the hotel was about to close at the end of the season and that's

when he finished," the shining" came out of that. >> the grove park inn. >> it's all about the pink lady. the pink lady it goes back to the 1920s. >> in asheville, north carolina. >> asheville, north carolina. she was having an affair with a married man. he broke her heart and somehow she fell to her death dropping five floors down. you have to watch out for that one there. the floor he apparition comes in and out. >> the pink lady. >> we have to pay a visit. >> really? you want to do that? >> you're that lonely. >> peter greenberg thank you so much. >> have a scary halloween. coming up zombies and vampires are so last halloween. this year the

♪ welcome back to cbs "this morning saturday" i'm anthony mason. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. >> there's lots coming up but first let's go to lonnie for the huge storm heading up the east coast. >> have the 8:00 update from the national hurricane center. the maximum winds are up to 75 miles per hour. back to hurricane status. it's moving to the north-northeast at 10 miles per hour. right now the center of circulation is located 335 miles southeast of charleston south carolina. the question is where is this big storm going and that has not changed too much. what's interesting we do see it weakening again. sunday morning back to a tropical storm. monday morning back to a hurricane. and then tuesday morning we think landfall will be somewhere in the vicinity of atlantic city. but the cone of concern goes from virginia beach all the way look at that to martha's vineyard anywhere in that shaded area is your possible landfall.

late monday night into early tuesday morning. how is this possible a hurricane will start moving from the east to the west? it doesn't happen. not north of the mason-dixon line. the jet stream flows from the west to east. pushes it out the sea. a cold front that would slide through the area and that provides a push out the sea. not this year. the cold front has stalled out to the west. the jet stream is flowing backwards. we'll get a floup the northwest that's going to pull it inland and gets trapped because of a blocking ridge to the three days northeast will deal with this big storm. that's a quick look on what's going on with sandy. here's a closer look at your weather for your weekend.

keep safe out there. back to you. when out of towners and tourists of think of new york city they think about manhattan. i used to think of that. the island of sky scrapers, wall street, broadway and times square. but for wears the coolest place to be, to live, to hang out has been brooklyn. >> stories, boutique coffee bars and music brooklyn is the scene to be seen in. the times may be changing. a hockey team that was in the new york suburbs for decades announced plans to move there following nba's nets. >> it wasn't just one of new york city's five boroughs brooklyn is the most popular city in the decade. you it's the cultural epicenter of cool. when the nba season jets under way on thursday can brooklyn keep its street cred. back here in brooklyn the nets

make being their debut. brooklyn has its own ball club again. 55 years after the dodgers packed up for l.a. it's traded mlb for the nba and built a brand new home for the nets and now the islanders too. the barclay center billion dollar development project, even brooklyn native barbara streisand is back in town. >> who says you can't go home again. >> reporter: jay-z and part owner of the nets is the celebrity singer. a borough that's attracting headlines from everything from the arena, it's artisanal food seen to its hit hbo series "girls." >> think i may be the voice of my generation. or at least a voice. of a generation. royal "girls" chronicles the

lives of four 20 something that struggle to make it in new york. popularizes what's become the iconic young brooklyn experience. >> brooklyn has been a place not only been written about but it has taken on this identity as this sort of creative utopia. >> reporter: manhattan native started a real estate blog called brownstoner after moving to brooklyn ten years ago. >> what drove you to brooklyn? >> i movie in 2013. >> reporter: he migrated to williamsburg an industrial neighborhood of abandoned factories and an enclave for ethnic minorities and bourgeoning hipster scene. brooklyn had always lived in the shah dove its neighbor across the river manhattan. but the incredibly high cost of living there pushed a younger, trend setting creative class here. but that in turn is only attracting more money and development in brooklyn. and that's changing the face of

this borough. as waterfront high rises have grown so has brooklyn's flun. even young parisians use the phrase trade brooklyn to mean a cool combination of informality, creativity and equality. but has brooklyn become too cool? in september brownstoner posted an article asking has brooklyn jumped the shark? this month's "new york" magazine cover story stated brooklyn is finished then asked or has it only just begun? what is the identity of brooklyn? >> well i think people who are more stable financially and they come to brooklyn and they make great coffee shops and have great art galleries. >> reporter: caitlin and jeffrey say partners here moved to brooklyn when they were just shy of 20 about a decade ago.

we met around the corner from their apartment at greenpoint cafe grumpy. sometimes backdrop for "girls." >> as outsiders, people who don't belong here can peer into this world through things like tv shows, does brooklyn lose some of its cache? >> no. i watch the show "girls." i really like it. it's one of many thing that people are saying about brooklyn right now. >> it's not the only way to be sort of cool. >> reporter: the secret about brooklyn is certainly out. that's clear when "usa today" does a cover story on how hip it is. these days brand brooklyn can help sell knigit seems. on display every saturday at the impossibly hip brooklyn flea where granola, bangers or soda are clearly labelled from brooklyn. >> gone so far that people kind of have fun with mock it with

little bit. we literally have a shop here where they sell only artisanal mayo. >> reporter: what's the line between a place having character and becoming a caricature. is brooklyn as cool as it's always been? >> baseline will always be about. >> reporter: we asked richard greenwald why the rest of the america should care. because it's work. brooklyn has grown in traditional ways through tax breaks and development but fueled by art, craftsmanship and culinary success. >> we're seeing this renaissance, a lot of artists moving to places like detroit and one of the things that drove people to brooklyn in the first place it was the cheaper alternative to manhattan. >> they go invent create a space other people want to move to and ultimately they got

pushed out. >> that's what usually happens. >> you have whole communities ethnic minorities that have been pushed out as the first wave of development came. >> that sound great. thanks. >> up next it's a political year so this has turned into a political halloween. who is winning the costume campaign? we'll find out. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday". woman: oh! tully's. how do you always have my favorite coffee? well, inside the brewer, there's a giant staircase.

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great to have you both with us. amy, a lot of political stuff. what are we supposed to see. >> one of the top sellers by far as reported from several halloween vendors including ricky's, scare halloween and halloween express who let me delve in to their archives is big bird. for anyone who caught the first debate presidential hopeful mitt romney of course saying eliminating federal funding for pbs gave us specific shout out to big bird and ever since that debate they have seen big bird both men and women literally fly off shelves. >> that's an expensive costume. >> you can wear a yellow shirt and throw on yellow feathers and people will get the point. not to miss the obvious choice for presidential candidates themselves both president barack obama and governor mitt romney the masks are just you know,

best sellers and for obvious reasons. >> why are presidential candidates such ripe fodder for halloween costumes? >> i don't know anthony. i can't quite figure this out. i think generally we like to make fun of and dress up as people that are easy targets and politicians are easy targets, and, you know, romney and obama are the obvious ones but i'm looking for the one to dress as number 11 which is congress's approval rating. >> is that your costume? >> me and one other skinny kid are going to be the number 11 this year. >> in off years when it's not a big election going on amy is it still just as popular to dress as a politician. >> found i want interesting, actually that aside from the current politics on the off election years it's the historical masks that do very well. a jfk mask or going as jackie o.

or current political ones. last year's occupy wall street. so a lot of these had masks during that time. >> i felt bad for richard nixon the mask of richard nixon is the most caricature. >> is there any theodore roosevelt costume? here we come. people thought wouldn't know who that is. >> i read bill clinton is the top selling of all political costumes, bill clinton is number one? >> very true. he's also followed by the bubble mask that's hard to escape. now also hillary clinton as well is very popular for seeking historical masks of the past. the line third-party there perhaps with monica lewinsky. >> there are so many props you can bring with the costume. >> obviously richard nixon is another popular one from the past. in recent times, you know sarah palin has been very popular and these are some easy costumes to

do. you can do a little bouffant wear bangs, nice modern glasses, adopt an alaskan accent and cheap costume. >> swoe like to see their masks retired. thanks for being with us. happy halloween. >> happy birthday. >> that's right. thank you very much. >> coming up next he can fix a railroad car or sell you a bottle of fine wine but what he's really good at is cook. chef tom douglas is making his ultimate dish for us and we can't wait. you're watching cbs "this morning saturday".

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♪ tom douglas has quite a resume for an award-winning chef. he's worked as a carpenter, in

wine sales and a railroad car remairn. >> he owns 13 restaurants in seattle. named this year's outstanding restauranteur by the james beard association. and he joins us with salmon with shiitake relish. >> very exciting to be here in the big apple. >> congratulations on the big award. >> thank you. what a shocker. >> for those who know your food it didn't come as a surprise. this is beautiful fish. and prepareing beautiful fish is not easy. how do you it? >> salmon is everything in the northwest. five different species we choose from. this particular one is a king and it's got a little spice rub on it. i went back to seattle and create a dish that somebody in seattle would say -- they are

full of fish restaurants but i want someone to say this was the best salmon dish in seattle. today it's our best seller. >> i read you took a home ec class in high school. >> i did. i did. >> how did do you? >> i did pretty good. i was the only dude in the class. i did it for that reason. it worked. but it turns out that guys that can cook chicks dig that. >> i was going to say, it worked in >> it start this whole thing? my mom is a great cook. my grandma is a good cook. at the end of the day, i like to eat. i love restaurants. it's turned out that's not only become my hobby, my passion, my business. it's become my lifestyle. >> you say you love the business of restaurants. >> i do. >> as well as cooking. it won't be as much fun at the

end. month if you can't pay your rent. you play your card you write a menu, beautiful menu and you design a pretty spot and people walk to your front door. at the end of the transaction i love the fact that there's money left to have a business. >> it's a brutal business. >> i disagree. i think it's a sexy romantic business. i want takes a lot of people. very labor intensive business. so i'm all about my people. they are the one whose do the hard work every day. >> you have developed a taste memory. you were self-taught. you went and tried everything kind of took a mental snapshot of it and you told us there's five different types of salmon. do you have the taste memory that can determine the taste between five different salmons. >> you can live with them that comes from hundreds of different rivers. so no i couldn't. what i can remember is i use my taste memory to go and deal. i'll go around manhattan and eat

in 20 restaurants. i'll have this flavor say at david chang's place and i'll go back i love that dish. what did they do. break it down and put my own twist interest. >> what are these drinks. >> plum vodka dragons. these are beautiful vodka dragons. flavored with this star anise pod. the fire of the dragon is a chili taste. >> if you could have this meal with anyone who would it be? >> oh, boy my mom. she's been a big influence on my life and cooking. she's a great gal. hopefully she's watching this morning. >> she better be. >> she's 80. she likes to sleep in. >> what's her name? >> mary douglas. >> will you sign our dish. >> absolutely. >> great having you with us on cbs "this morning saturday" on the dish. >> fun being here. >> for more on chef tom douglas

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now here's norah o'donnell with a look what's happening monday on cbs "this morning." >> good morning. on monday new york mayor michael bloomberg is in studio 57. he's starting his own super p.a.c. and we'll ask him who he supports in this election and how much of his own money he's willing to spend. we'll see you monday at 7:00 on cbs "this morning". next week on cbs "this morning saturday" a revival of the hit musical "annie" is opening on broadway and the first annie joins us for a visit. >> please be with us. have a great weekend everybody. >> happy halloween. be safe. have a great one.